What would you do if you were at the forefront of a deadly epidemic that few people understood? Would you turn the other way or put your hand up to help? For gay men in particular, the early years of the AIDS crisis in Australia in the 1980s was a very frightening time, but the suffering of those who ...

In trying to fix one problem you can inadvertently create another one. Like cane toads, they were introduced into Australia to control a beetle but of course the toads went feral. And, there are lots of medical examples of this sort of thing too, where all sorts of treatments have side effects. So, ...

AIDS organisations think ending HIV transmission in Australia could be just a few years away. They've come up with a blueprint they'll take to Canberra tomorrow, calling for an extra $32 million in funding each year. They say the plan would essentially pay for itself in money eventually saved from ...